The Jesus of History and the Christ of Faith are two separate beings, with very different stories. It is difficult enough to reconstruct the first, and in the attempt we are likely to irreparable harm to the second.
Wilson studied theology and and was a practicing Christian for many years but
..as the years went by, however, and I had read more, and reflected more deeply on what I had read, this would not quite do. I had to admit that I found it impossible to believe that a first-century Galilean holy man had at anytime of his life believed himself to be the second person of the Trinity. It was such an inherently improbable thing for a monotheistic Jew to believe.
This is a great read, its not anti in anyway but as above Wilson points at the improbability of it all. As someone who had Jesus's story rammed down his throat as a child, his conclusion is the same as mine, much more intelligently put of course, but, there was this guy called Jesus and his followers started a Jesus cult.
This is a book I will read again.
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